Description
In this lecture Eric Parisot discusses his new book, Jane Austen and Vampires: Love, Sex and Immortality in the New Millennium (Palgrave Gothic, 2024), reflecting on how the shifting cultural values of Austen and the vampire have aligned – but not always seamlessly. In considering Austen’s vampire-slaying heroines, vampiric rewritings of Pride and Prejudice, and the transformation of Austen herself into a vampire, this lecture will offer brief insight into Austen-vampire mashups as messy, complex entanglements that creatively and self-reflexively interrogate modern fantasies of vampire romance and the changing nature of Jane Austen’s modern legacy.| Period | 11 May 2024 |
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| Event title | Romancing the Gothic |
| Event type | Other |
| Degree of Recognition | International |
Keywords
- Jane Austen
- vampires
- gothic
- paranormal fiction
- romance fiction
- Byronism
Documents & Links
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Activities
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Mr Darcy as Vampire: a literary hero with bite - The Conversation
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Immortal Austen
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The Jane Austen Fang Club - SA Weekend, The Advertiser
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Research Outputs
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Vampire Darcy: The Impossible Romantic Hero
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Jane Austen, Mortal Immortal (and Other Contrarieties of Fame)
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Jane Austen and Vampires: Love, Sex and Immortality in the New Millennium
Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review